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Attn: Crafters! Do U Hoard?

RinaRina — Sun, 01 Apr 2018 13:12:59 GMT

SInce I started doing Arts n' Crafts, I've come to realize, I have a serious hoarding problem.

I used to hoard clothes; then shoes, then cosmetics. Three years ago, I cleaned out everything - because I had a new hobby.

I've got so many paints, canvasses, stencils, brushes, yarn, looms ... And, I want to get a sewing machine.

Now, I need shelves!

Shelving will only clutter up my house more. Yet, in my mind, I'd be creating "space".

SMH.

I was watching a series on AMZN Prime called "Animal Hoarding". Thank goodness, I don't have THAT problem!

Edit:
Another reason, I'm out of space ... I'm still hoarding furniture!

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godi — Sun, 01 Apr 2018 13:14:54 GMT

OMG! Yes I hoard it all, the real problem is when I start a new craft instead of looking through my stash I go buy more! When DH and I moved I had a yard sale and one lady said it looks like a craft store here! 😂😂😂😂

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Mominohio — Sun, 01 Apr 2018 13:25:59 GMT

I think the amount of things one needs to do crafts is one reason I don't do them.

Not that I don't have a few of my own hoards!lol

I have done a few things in the past that might be considered slightly crafty, and bought the things to do it. Even though it was relatively small scale to what most women do, I found having that 'stuff' around in between times, no matter how limited it was, seemed like 'junk' to me.

Along with not being all that creative or artistic, I just don't like having yet more 'stuff' around, especially things that need work to become something. So crafting never has been my thing, a big part of it being all the 'stuff' that has to be around to do it.

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Dusty1 — Sun, 01 Apr 2018 13:32:36 GMT

When I find something that I love I have to have all of the colors.

Eye Shadow, yarn, fabric, thread, paint, jewelry beads & crystals...

I am wonderfully organized, but I do have a whole lot of the things that may "need" when I get the time to do my crafts.

I have a sewing machine & embroidery machine so I have to have all of the things for both of those.

And so much fabric. Totes & totes with all of the fabrics.

My jewelry making stash is ridiculous.

My husband is a saint.

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Big Joanie — Sun, 01 Apr 2018 13:39:57 GMT

I was raised with a hoarder ... No .. No .. and No ........

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Krimpette — Sun, 01 Apr 2018 13:47:35 GMT

I could probably open my own store with all my papercrafting goodies! Doesn't stop me from adding more to my collection! I love making my own cards, so I do get to use some, but much of my stash is from the days when I scrap booked. (I realy need to get back to that, as I loved doing it.)

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Big Joanie — Sun, 01 Apr 2018 13:56:48 GMT

I'll give you an example .. does a 82 year old woman really need a

Holloween costume she wore when she was in high school ??

It hung on a hanger on the back of a door until it finally rotted and

fell off the hanger ....now that's hoarding ....and that's just the tip

of the iceberg ....

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Big Joanie — Sun, 01 Apr 2018 13:57:41 GMT

And yes she was a crafter and knitter so we had that too .....

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drizzellla — Sun, 01 Apr 2018 14:09:32 GMT

I had started several crafty projects. And bought all the necessary "tools" for my projects. I slowly was buying at a faster rate than I would ever use all the stuff I was buying.

THEN, I went to a family event at my Brother-in-laws house. Somehow, I ended up playing a game with the kids. We were in the "craft" room. But there was no room. The table was packed, the walls were lined with bookcases packed with crafts and there were tubs all over the room packed with crafts. It was a rather large room. And it was a wakeup call to me.

I was inching toward that. And I do not have a large house. I would not be able to have just a craft room. So I stopped buying. It is so easy to fall into different projects and all the stuff needed to make that project.

So fortunately my crafting hoard was nipped in the bud.

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Othereeeen — Sun, 01 Apr 2018 14:16:33 GMT

I think that once a person cleans out the home of a dead parent or friend, they wake up to how MUCH stuff clutters not only the deceased person's life, but thier own.

It's what started me on the way to severe decluttering. I STILL watch QVC and sometimes find myself reaching for the phone to order, but then STOP.

So far in 2018 I have not order ONE THING from TeeVee or Amazon, or ANYWHERE, and that is after finalizing the sale of Mom's house, completing her estate paperwork and taxes, and then the relentless trips to the Salvation Army for her stuff and mine.

It is hard to get rid of stuff that reminds you of Mom, or your earlier days maybe while married or even a better time in your life.

BUT....it is actually freeing to make decisions and get rid of the oppressive clutter.

Face it....if stuff is in the back of cupboards, closets, and if your $50,000 dollar car is out in the weather because your two car garage is stuffed with ****** you NEVER use and probably never will, that's a problem.

In my life, no more shelves, boxes, vacuum storage bags, bins, etc. No more "flat surfacitis". NO more underbed storage, metal safe boxes, plastic lids and storage containers. If it needs to be stored, it's outta here!!!

I love going down my basement....you could hold a dance down there!!!!!

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RinaRina — Sun, 01 Apr 2018 14:24:29 GMT

@Dusty1wrote:

My jewelry making stash is ridiculous.

OMG! You said the "J" word. JEWELRY making is my next project!

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GCR18 — Sun, 01 Apr 2018 14:26:11 GMT

Haha. Yes, I've hoarded for every hobby I ever took up. I have scrap booking, stain glass, quilting supplies. They are out of site, so I still have them.

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RinaRina — Sun, 01 Apr 2018 14:32:31 GMT

@Big Joaniewrote:
I'll give you an example .. does a 82 year old woman really need a
Holloween costume she wore when she was in high school ??

It hung on a hanger on the back of a door until it finally rotted and
fell off the hanger ....now that's hoarding ....and that's just the tip
of the iceberg ....

ROFLMAO!

When I disposed of "everything" 3 yrs. ago, that included my star-spangled platform shoes I wore in 1974!

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Mominohio — Sun, 01 Apr 2018 14:53:16 GMT

@Othereeeenwrote:
I think that once a person cleans out the home of a dead parent or friend, they wake up to how MUCH stuff clutters not only the deceased person's life, but thier own.

It's what started me on the way to severe decluttering. I STILL watch QVC and sometimes find myself reaching for the phone to order, but then STOP.

So far in 2018 I have not order ONE THING from TeeVee or Amazon, or ANYWHERE, and that is after finalizing the sale of Mom's house, completing her estate paperwork and taxes, and then the relentless trips to the Salvation Army for her stuff and mine.

It is hard to get rid of stuff that reminds you of Mom, or your earlier days maybe while married or even a better time in your life.

BUT....it is actually freeing to make decisions and get rid of the oppressive clutter.
Face it....if stuff is in the back of cupboards, closets, and if your $50,000 dollar car is out in the weather because your two car garage is stuffed with ****** you NEVER use and probably never will, that's a problem.

In my life, no more shelves, boxes, vacuum storage bags, bins, etc. No more "flat surfacitis". NO more underbed storage, metal safe boxes, plastic lids and storage containers. If it needs to be stored, it's outta here!!!

I love going down my basement....you could hold a dance down there!!!!!

You sound very happy and relieved and I can imagine it is quite a weight off your shoulders.

I hope to achieve a happy medium.

I too, went to the absolutely nothing under the beds mantra a few years ago. I was raised with nothing under beds, and I hate when there is. My only exception is the leaves for the dining table. They must be stored flat or they will warp, so under the spare bed they are, but only them.

I have come to the point if I have trouble accessing something, I don't use it. If I don't use it what good is it? So my latest thing is that the closet, cupboard, drawer, shelf has to be usable and everything in/on it accessible, or there is too much and something has to change.

Going to the basement to unstack, dig out, unwrap, unbox, something in order to use it is going to be a thing of the past for me (unless it is once a year kind of stuff like Christmas decor).

Long process, but getting there.

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CelticCrafter — Sun, 01 Apr 2018 15:19:28 GMT

No, not anymore.

About 7 years ago we had to do a major dekrap so my brother could come live with us.

I went through every craft item and sewing/quilting item I had stashed all over and every where and managed to get it down to one Rubbermaid tote and I've kept it that way.

Gone are the days where I think I may want to learn a new craft - I stick to what I love which is sewing and quilting - or the days of buying fabric just because. I'm able to go through what I have and find what I am looking for to make a quilt without having to buy more.

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ALRATIBA — Sun, 01 Apr 2018 15:23:24 GMT

I knit and crochet.

I don't like to use the word "hoard," but I doubt I'll live long enough to use up all the yarn in my stash.

And, please don't even bring up the number of knitting and crochet books I have.

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Big Joanie — Sun, 01 Apr 2018 16:13:52 GMT

@RinaRinawrote:
@Big Joaniewrote:
I'll give you an example .. does a 82 year old woman really need a
Holloween costume she wore when she was in high school ??

It hung on a hanger on the back of a door until it finally rotted and
fell off the hanger ....now that's hoarding ....and that's just the tip
of the iceberg ....

ROFLMAO!
When I disposed of "everything" 3 yrs. ago, that included my star-spangled platform shoes I wore in 1974!

Lol .. my Mother was in high school in the 30's .....

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riley1 — Sun, 01 Apr 2018 18:23:33 GMT

Even though I am a crafter, I don't consider myself a hoarder. I try and use up what I have on hand when starting a project - whether its scrapbooking or crocheting. I recently did a thorough clean out of things I no longer use in the scrapbook area.

And now, where I live it is much too hot for me to crochet so I donated the yarn to the senior center.

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Regal Bee — Sun, 01 Apr 2018 19:21:30 GMT

I crafted and did shows for over ten years. I had so much stuff that my husband built me a craft studio. It was fun....but I don't do it anymore and now the studio is being turned into an extended dressing room and computer area.

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NickNack — Sun, 01 Apr 2018 23:30:45 GMT

I'm not crafty at all, but I have done some scrapbooking in the past. To make the pages different from each other I had to buy buy buy. I had so many scrapbook supplies it was ridiculous. I finally put it all in big bins in the garage.